Power-transmission device.



nnrrsn STATES PATENT orrioa Loam E. A

IiEN, or ENDICOTT, 'NEW-Y ORK POWER-TRANSMISSION DnvIoEj To aZZiuhom it my concerns u, Be it known that I, Loam. E. ALLE a.

citizen of the United'States, residing at Endicott, in the county ofBroomeand State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in POWer-Trans'mis" sion Dev1ces, of which the follow ng 1S a specification. I

My lnvention'relat'es to an improvement in power transmission by converting a re- .ciprocating motion'into a rotary motion.

A practical embodiment of my invention is herein-shown andldescribed as applied; to constant leverage movement for the turning of a-shaft.

I attain the object. by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichv Figure 1 is a longitudinal section of my device taken on line 1-1 of'Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a cross section taken 011 line'22 of Fig. 1 and Fig. 3 is a sectional detail view of a part of my invention.

The same reference characters denote like parts in each of the several figures of the drawing.

In carrying out my invention 1 provide a guide frame consisting of the side standards A and A rigidly mounted on Slidably and between said standards A ands. I have the rack rail W, consisting ofthe side piecesG and O, the upper cross piece D and the lower cross piece D. On the side pieces O and C are mounted a .double series of gear teeth parallel to each other, w, w, w, etc,,,and s -r d 2/: y: 3/: l -a and 1 I 1 etc., and below the cross piece-D is a support E, having the axis F. Pivotally mounted in side support A" is the hand lever G F by pivoted at H and linked to the aXis links I, 1. Between side supports A and A and journaled in cross bars A I have a shaft J on. which is rigidly mounted a ratchet wheelK having in its rim the teeth 7, 7 7 etc. On either side of said wheel K, and loosely mounted on shaft J, I have the pair of arcs or segmental gears L, supported on the hubs M and meshing with the double set of teeth on side pieces O. Opposite to the pivoted arcs L, supported on the same hubs M by spokes 3, I have the parallel arcs N, one on'each side of wheel K, having mounted in the rims of said arcs the'cogs 9.

Pivotally mounted in arcs L atboth their -S1iecifiatio1i-of Letters Patent.

notches'7, 7, 7.

a bed plate A vertically mounted upon and 7 adapted to Patented Fbi15, 1916., Application fiietiretrilar 6,1913; Serie1l1'o;74s,659. T

' upper andlower ends, I-havethedogs'1O,-

contact with the notcl1esf.7,.7, 7,"

etc., on'wh'eel K. Pi'vot'allymountedin arcs N I'have the dogs with said nothces 7, The cogs 8, 8, 8 mesh the cogs 9 mesh in with the cogs v In operation, in order toyprodti ce a trans? mlsion of power,I' pull up on lever G, which raisesframe D causing the arcs N to turn the dog's ll -e'ngag'ing' the notches'fl, 7, etc., which'causes the wheel I: to turn; The arcs L also turn, but thevdogs When the arcs N have being moved to their full turned the wheel, 7

is moved downward and limit, the lever G thearcs L turn downward the dogs 10, con- 11, adapted to contact 7, v7, as before stated: 1n. with the cogs w.

10, slip over the taoting with the notches 7, 7, '7, pushing the wheel K around, while the dogs .11 slip over the notches 7,7, 7. Thus the arcs N are moved downward ready to move the load at the nen't'upper movement of the lever, and thus the-wheel K on shaft J is constantly turned around, and so the rotation of wheel K is continuous by means of the reciprocating movement of the, rack frame O O. The

dogs or pawls 10, etc., arekept, in contact with the rat'chet wheel Kby means of coil springs 12, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and for Letters Patent is as follows: I

1. In devicelfor the transmission of power, frame supports, a" frame slidably mounted with said supports and provided racks, each series with two parallel'series of being mounted on the inner side of said frame and-opposite to the other series, a shaft extending through said frame, a notched wheel mounted rigidly on said shaft, two parallel segments supported on said shaftand disposed on each side of said wheel, said segments being provided with cogs meshing with the racks on the frame, dogs pivotally mounted on said segments and adapted toengage the notches on the wheel'and'means pivotally mounted on said support to move the frame back and forth. 2. In a device of the character described, a suitable supporting frame, a rack frame mounted for reciprocation within said supporting frame, said rack frame being provided with two parallel series of racks op- 'positely disposed, a shaft disposed transwhich desire supporting within the rack keyed to said'shaft, gear segments loosely mounted on said shaft and in engagement i with the racks, spring controlled dogs carriedvby the segments for engagement with the ratchet; wheel and means for reclprocat- V ing the rack frame.

3. In a devlce of the character described a suitable supporting frame, an open rackframe mounted for reciprocation within said frame and provided with opposing racks, a driven shaft, a ratcliet'wheel frame keyed to said shaft, gear segments in mesh with the racks and loosely mounted on said shaft, spring controlled dogs carried'by the segments and means for reciprocating the rack frame.

4. In a device of the character described a suitable supporting frame, a rack frame mounted for reciprocation within said supporting frame,'- said rack frame being provided at each end with a series of racks, the

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sponding racks of the other series, a driven shaft transversely disposed with reference" to the rack frame, a ratchet wheel keyed to 7 said shaft and disposed midway between the opposing series of racks, a series ofseg mental gears in'mesh with the racks on one side of the frame, av second series of sege' mental gears in mesh with the racks at the other, side of said frame, said segmentalfl gears being loosely mounted on said shaft, a. dogs carried by the segmental gears for engagement wlththe ratchet wheel plurality of and reciprocating means for the rack frame. In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in presenceofltwo witnesses;

LORINE. ALLEN:

Witnesses:

S. A. VALENTINE, A. M. SNYDER.

Washington, D. C. 

